Stative verbs

Stative verbs/action verbs

• Dynamic verbs describe actions
• Stative verbs describe states (appearance,
state of being, mind, wishes etc)
• Stative verbs are never used in continuous
forms
 Verbs showing emotions
• like, love, dislike,
hate, prefer,
adore, want,
wish, desire, etc
• I wish to stay thin
 Verbs that show possession
• have, own,
possess,
contain, include,
belong, etc
• She has a cat
 Verbs that show thought
• know, believe,
understand,
realise,
remember,
forget, notice,
recognise, think,
seem, expect etc
• She realises she
has won
 Verbs that show senses
• see, hear, smell,
taste, feel,
sound, look
• The butterfly
looks beautiful
 Some other verbs
• fit, need, matter,
cost, mean, owe,
require, weigh,
• Our body
requires vitamins
 States/actions
think
• Annie and Dixon
think (ჰგონიათ)
bowling is fun
• They are thinking
(ფიქრობენ) how to tell
their parents that
they want to go
out with their
friends later
 States/actions
taste

• This chocolate • She is tasting

rose tastes (გემო (აგემოვნებს) chocolate

აქვს) fabulous
 States/actions
see
• I see (ვხედავ) a
doctor
• I see
(გასაგებია)what’s
wrong with my
patient
• I am seeing (ვხვდები)
my patient
tomorrow
 States/actions
look

• This butterfly • She is looking

looks (გამოიყურება) (უყურებს) at the

beautiful butterfly
 States/actions
feel

• The baby’s hair • The doctor is

feels like (ჰგავს) silk feeling (ხელით ეხება) the
patient’s forehead
 States/actions
smell

• These roses • She is smelling

smell (სუნი ასდის, აქვს) (ყნოსავს) the rose
nice
 States/actions
have

• She has (ჰყავს) • The cat is having

a cat a swim (ბანაობს)
 States/actions
weigh

• The owner is
• This rabbit weighing (წონის
weighs (იწონის) a lot )her rabbit
 States/actions
fit

• The dress fits • They are fitting

(კარგად აქვს) her (უსადაგებენ) a new

perfectly dress on her

 States/actions
appear

• He appears (ჩანს) • Cameron Diaz is

to be irritated appearing (გამოდის) in
“Green Hornet”
soon
 States/actions
be
• Generally he is
(არის) a friendly

person but he is
(იქცევა) being really

angry today.
What has
happened?
 States/actions
measure
• The room measures
(ზომებია) 5 to 7
• I am measuring
(ვზომავ) the room to be
sure about its exact
length.
 States/actions
take

• It takes me 2 hours to • I am taking my coffee

do my lessons. from the vending
machine.